Leeds Bradford Airport expansion: Open letter opposes plan
Plans to expand Leeds Bradford Airport must be halted "for the good of generations", a group of MPs, councillors and scientists has urged.
Plans to demolish the terminal and build a new one costing up to £150m have been recommended for approval.
An open letter signed by 114 people says plans to increase the airport's size and passenger numbers is "fundamentally wrong".
Leeds City Council is due to make a final decision on Thursday.
The authority said the case would be referred to a government minister if approved by councillors.
Leeds Bradford currently has about four million passengers annually but hopes to increase numbers to seven million over 10 years.
In July 2020, a group of climate scientists said the expanded airport's greenhouse gas emissions would be higher than those allowed for the whole of Leeds in 10 years' time.
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